Novell Documentation: ZENworks 6.5 - Using a CD or DVD for Disconnected Imaging Operations

Using a CD or DVD for Disconnected Imaging Operations

Using Desktop Management, you can use CDs and DVDs only as the storage medium for an image that will be put down, not for an image to be created.

You can put down an image from a bootable or non-bootable Imaging CD or DVD using either the bash prompt or using the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu.

The following sections contain additional information:

Putting Down an Image Using the Bash Prompt

Use your CD- or DVD-burning software to burn the source image onto a CD or DVD.
Boot the workstation using one of the following methods:
- If the workstation is PXE-enabled, boot it from the Imaging/Preboot Services server. For more information, see Using Preboot Services (PXE).
- Boot the workstation using an Imaging boot CD or DVD. For more information, see Preparing Imaging Boot CDs or DVDs.
- (SP1 only) Boot the workstation using Imaging boot diskettes. For more information, see Using the ZENworks Imaging Floppy Boot Disk Creator Utility.
- Boot the workstation from the Imaging hard-disk partition. For more information, see Creating an Imaging Hard-Disk Partition.
Enter manual from the boot prompt. (SP1 only:) Insert the second, third, fourth, and fifth diskettes if you are prompted for them.
Insert the CD or DVD that contains the source image.
At the Linux prompt, enter cdrom.s to mount the CD or DVD.

This mounts the CD or DVD to /mnt/cdrom.
Enter a command of the following format:
```
img restorel /mnt/cdrom/path/image.zmg
```
where path and image are the path and filename of the image relative to the root of the CD or DVD.
When the imaging is done, remove the imaging device (if applicable) and do the following to boot the workstation with the new image:
1. At the Linux prompt, type lilo.s, then press Enter.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
  
  If the workstation doesn't boot to the new operating system (that is, if the Linux prompt reappears), enter the lilo.s command again and reboot the workstation a second time.

Putting Down an Image Using the ZENworks Imaging Engine Menu

Use your CD- or DVD-burning software to burn the source image onto a CD or DVD.
Boot the workstation using one of the following methods:
- If the workstation is PXE-enabled, boot it from the Imaging/Preboot Services server. For more information, see Using Preboot Services (PXE).
- Boot the workstation using an Imaging boot CD or DVD. For more information, see Preparing Imaging Boot CDs or DVDs.
- (SP1 only) Boot the workstation using Imaging boot diskettes. For more information, see Using the ZENworks Imaging Floppy Boot Disk Creator Utility.
- Boot the workstation from the Imaging hard-disk partition. For more information, see Creating an Imaging Hard-Disk Partition.
Enter manual from the boot prompt. (SP1 only:) Insert the second, third, fourth, and fifth diskettes if you are prompted for them.
Insert the CD or DVD that contains the source image.
At the Linux prompt, enter cdrom.s to mount the CD or DVD.

This mounts the CD or DVD to /mnt/cdrom.
Enter img to display the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu.
Click Imaging, then click Restore Image.
Click Local, then click Next.
Browse to and specify the path to the image archive.
(Optional) Specify a file set.
(Optional) Specify any advanced options, such as sfileset or apartition:ppartition.

For details on this and other related img command parameters, see Imaging Engine (Img: Command Line and Menu).
Click Next.

Depending on the size of the image, it might take several minutes to put the image down. Images actually take slightly longer to put down than they do to take. If the screen goes blank, just press any key. (Linux enters a screen-saving mode after a few minutes.)
When the imaging is done, remove the imaging device (if applicable) and do the following to boot the workstation with the new image:
1. At the Linux prompt, type lilo.s, then press Enter.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
  
  If the workstation doesn't boot to the new operating system (that is, if the Linux prompt reappears), enter the lilo.s command again and reboot the workstation a second time.